Gibsonville vs Greensboro

A side-by-side comparison of Gibsonville and Greensboro: population, income, housing, and more.

Gibsonville and Greensboro are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greensboro has the higher population (298,564 vs 9,289 in Gibsonville). Gibsonville has the higher median household income ($105,981 vs $58,884 in Greensboro). Gibsonville has the higher median home value ($262,400 vs $221,300 in Greensboro).

Population, income & housing

	Gibsonville	Greensboro
Population	9,289	298,564
Median age	41.7 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,981	$58,884
Median home value	$262,400	$221,300
Median gross rent	$865	$1,114
Housing units	3,977	133,565
Homeownership rate	83.4%	50.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.4%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gibsonville	Greensboro
Population	7,127 → 9,289 (+30.3%)	291,303 → 298,564 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$66,761 → $105,981 (+58.7%)	$48,964 → $58,884 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$174,000 → $262,400 (+50.8%)	$156,300 → $221,300 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $865 (+7.2%)	$877 → $1,114 (+27.0%)

Gibsonville

Population

7,1279,289

Median household income

$66,761$105,981

Median home value

$174,000$262,400

Median gross rent

$807$865

Greensboro

Population

291,303298,564

Median household income

$48,964$58,884

Median home value

$156,300$221,300

Median gross rent

$877$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gibsonville	Greensboro
Under 5	4.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	19.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	13.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.4%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	8.2%
75 and over	8.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gibsonville	Greensboro
White (non-Hispanic)	74.5%	37.9%
Black or African American	22.6%	41.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gibsonville	Greensboro
No high school diploma	6.5%	9.9%
High school graduate	20.9%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	24.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gibsonville	Greensboro
Drove alone	79.6%	73.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.2%	11.8%
Other means	2.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gibsonville	Greensboro
1-unit, detached	84.0%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	20.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	10.4%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Gibsonville	Greensboro
Poverty rate	8.4%	18.4%
Average household size	2.53	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	2002	1983